Gender and Kinship in Igbo Society: The Role of Women in Patrilineal and Matrilineal Structures

In Igbo society, kinship is traditionally structured around both patrilineal and matrilineal systems, with distinct roles for men and women. Due to exogamy, the custom of marrying outside one’s lineage women transition between lineages, which has led to cultural mechanisms that restrict their roles in ancestral veneration and land inheritance to protect the patriline (umunna). … Read more

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